Karthik, Shardul in; Rahul out for New Zealand ODIs

However, KL Rahul has been left out. He had a prolific season in the Duleep Trophy where he scored two centuries from three matches.

The limited-overs series starts on October 22 in Mumbai. We will see how it goes [as far as his batting position is concerned]. However, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav were also not included in the squad.The 15-member squad would be led by Virat Kohli while Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan would be the first-choice openers. Karthik is now a part of the Tamil Nadu side that is playing Tripura in the Ranji Trophy.

Six players from New Zealand A have been added to the Black Caps one-day global squad for their series against India, with Glenn Phillips and Todd Astle in line to make their debuts. We are open to different combinations and options.

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Thakur's selection, too, appears to be a part of the selectors' rotation policy. A bowler of his experience is always handy and given his pedigree of taking regular wickets in the middle order, the spinner deserved a spot against Australia itself but to everyone's surprise, Kuldeep Yadav was picked ahead of him and the lad didn't disappoint either.

"Ish Sodhi and Tom Bruce will travel with the squad for the ODIs, having been named in the Twenty20 squad". After having been a part of the India squad on a few occasions, Thakur made his worldwide debut during the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in August. India is looking to clean sweep the New Zealand matches.